Meet the new ‘simpler, clearer’ Apple Music interface
Apple Music’s 15 million users will soon wake up to a dramatically different layout for the streaming service.
The company announced a significant redesign at its Worldwide Developers Conference on Monday in San Francisco. The year-old service, which still trails Spotify’s 30 million paid users, will both streamline its interface and introduce several new features, while pushing others onto the back burner.
An early preview of the changes suggest a simpler, clearer interface, as opposed to the sometimes jumbled and confusing first edition. The design will feature larger album art displays and will focus on recent additions to their catalog.
But several new features might prove especially interesting to even established users. A new lyrics tab will allow listeners to pull up song lyrics directly from the track page. A new “For You section,” similar to Spotify’s recommendation engine, will create daily playlists and suggestions. And subscribers will be able to send and play songs directly through the Messages feature.
There’s a notable backtrack as well: the “Connect” feature, once touted as the social component of Apple Music, will be shunted to the back of the “For You” section.
The features will be updated as part of the new iOS this fall, just as Amazon and Pandora are planning new streaming services that aim to compete with Apple Music, Spotify and others.
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